VIDEO: Twins Fail To Address Rotation In Garver Trade

[Tom Froemming]

The Minnesota Twins desperately need starting pitching. Mitch Garver was among their most-attractive bats to dangle on the trade market. Today, Derek Falvey and Co. agreed to deal Garver for ... glove-first shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Also coming to Minnesota is 21-year-old pitching prospect Ronny Henriquez. Here's my reaction to the deal.

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[specialiststeve]

Needed to fill the SS also.. good trade.. be patient. Pitching will be addressed... 

[ashbury]

It just goes to show that pitching remains the coin of the realm.  We did get an undersized pitching prospect in the deal.  Going for better pitching than that becomes exponentially harder, if you use only position players as trade bait.

[USAFChief]

Concur, except for calling IKF a "Gold Glove SS"

 

He's not.

 

Awful trade.

[railmarshalljon]

With Sonny Gray trade, still hate it Tom? Gotta soften the blow a little at least.

[Swing Batter-Batter]

Without a #1, #2 or #3 starting pitcher, any rotation they throw out there, will amount to a bullpen game. Can they play a 162 game schedule of bullpen games?